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tritá [ trita ]

m. ' third ' ( ? ), N. of a Vedic deity ( associated with the Maruts, Vāyu, and Indra, fighting like the latter with Tvāshṭra, Vṛtra, and other demons. called Āptya [ q.v. ], ' water-deity, ' and supposed to reside in the remotest regions of the world, whence [ RV. viii, 47, 13-15. AV. ] the idea of wishing to remove calamity to Tvāshṭra, and the view of the Tritas being the keepers of nectar [ RV. vi, 44, 23 ], similarly [ RV. ii, 34, 10. TS. i. TBr. i ] the notion of Trita's bestowing long life. also conceived as an inferior deity conquering the demons by order and with the help of Indra [ RV. ii, viii, 52, 1, x ], fallen into a well he begged aid from the gods [ i, 105, 17, x, 8, 7 ]. as to this last myth Sāy. on i, 105 relates that 3 Ṛṣis, Ekata, Dvita, and Trita, parched with thirst, looked about and found a well, and when Tvāshṭra began to draw water, the other two, desirous of his property, pushed him down and closed up the well with a wheel. Shut up there, Tvāshṭra composed a hymn to the gods, and managed miraculously to prepare the sacrificial Soma, that he might drink it himself, or offer it to the deities and so be extricated: this is alluded to in RV. ix, 34, 4 [ cf. 32, 2, 38, 2, 102, 2 ] and described in MBh. ix, 2095, also Nir. iv, 6 makes him a Ṛṣi, and he is the supposed author of RV. i, 105, viii, 36, ix, 33 f. and 102, x, 1-7. In epic legends [ MBh. ix, xii f. ] Ekata, Dvita, and Tvāshṭra are described as 3 brothers, sons of Gautama or of Prajā-pati or Brahmā, elsewhere Tvāshṭra is one of the 12 sons of Manu Cākshusha by Navalā, BhP. iv, 13, 16. cf. traitaná, Zend. ṭhrita, ?, ?, etc. )

n. triplet of young ( three-twin ), TS., Sch.

tritá-kūpa [ tritakUpa ]

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